The Happiness Project

I'm reading this book that has grabbed me to the point that I keep thinking about it, but don't want to rush through reading it because I don't want it to end. That's how I know I really really like a book; I kind of draw out reading it over a period of time, so it's not over too soon. It's Gretchen Rubin's The Happiness Project. I see a lot of my own traits in her descriptions and musings about her behavior, including the admiration for the concept and structure of her project (each month she focuses on one area and makes specific changes in order to bolster happiness). It's eye opening about what you can accomplish when you put your mind to one thing at once, but more importantly, how good it is to take the time to be honest about what's really important to you and what makes you happy. I think I've posted on that before- that's how important the concept is and how much it resonates with me apparently!

Anyway, it always seems to me that following your passions, identifying goals and dreams, and cultivating more of what truly makes you happy are lofty ideas. Just simply being able to STATE what truly makes you happy is kind of a challenge in itself sometimes. As in honestly what makes YOU happy yourself, not what you think should make you happy or what makes your friends or your family or your significant other or your dog happy.

I'm going to keep a running list of things (activity type things specifically) that I really love to do. If I have that, next I can work on incorporating more of them into daily life! Try it and let me know what you come up with :)